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Trying to cover up an elephant with a blade of grass isn't any way to address any problem.
Socialism and/or Communism is the save all for the world
We have a new fancy name now.
Covid live: WHO names new variant ‘Omicron’; EU states agree on need to halt travel to southern Africa
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/nov/26/covid-news-live-new-variant-sparks-tougher-restrictions-in-india-and-singapore-ahead-of-who-meeting
Is ISPC coming down for an entry? Dip or sinking ship?
It's also been halted on the downside right now. BFRI
I pickup some more of ASTR premarket in the 9's. It did fill the gap in pre, but I guess that doesn't really count, or does it in this market, a lot of gaps have been made in a lot of stocks. It will be a pretty good correction if the SPY fills all of it's gaps.
I thought about you were maybe talking about a general market correction. That effects everyone and everything and can definitely be a negative effect on any run, can also create a few also. But that hasn't anything to do with any certain "disrupting tech" coming into play. That's a very long term process if successful. Market corrections are relatively short term effects in the whole scheme of things. I've had a lot of long term hold exits just waiting for a dip that to this point seems illusive. Making up for the missed gains with swing and day trading. Maybe this week we've seen the start of the expected and necessary correction. Here comes the confusion and art of guessing the degree of severity and when to come back in. But the market will do what it has always done since it's existence. Barring a nuclear disaster, a meteor crashing the earth, or virus inhalation, a year from now I will presume that we all will be listening to different tunes, maybe some better music by then, maybe just a more scratched up record, there is no gypsy blood in me.
TRHAR? Is that a stock or acronym? I'm still in the US, have pity. LOL Nothing wrong with profit taking and playing the dips but a little rough betting against an overall trend and industry (timing the end to irrational exuberance is a really hard game to play), especially when $billions and even $trillions, governments, and the big Boyz are working against you.
No, it is part of the new world that's here already and will become part of the new world a coming. The inabilities caused by unwillingness. The odds between are just a nice way to list the battles for greed and power. Acceptance and realization of what a problem is, is always the first step to the solutions. Hope is not lost if that happens and hopefully those solutions will be part of New World A-Comin. We'll see.
It isn't just the vaccine, any and all forms of mitigation has been attacked. From the very start, acceptance and awareness of the virus existence (used for selfish greed and political power means). knowledge misdirected from what a virus is and how it works, misdirection of the masses of what are all the mitigation methods and why they are necessary, attacking and eliminating science input, using and nourishing the dark sides of society instead, creating division instead of teamwork, what is best for human life given way for fear of losing power and money, religious beliefs over science, mask wars with mask burnings, misinformation crusades, selfishness and greed (part of the dark side of society), on and on, could write a book (books have been written already).
All before the vaccine even existed, then more continued attacks and fuel on the fires from so called leaders, all for a few with the many used as cannon fodder and acceptable collateral damage. It is still continued, exasperating, extending, and magnifying all the domino effects in our economy, well being, and soul of society. All of which feeds and propagates a virus which knows no boundaries, sides, or teams, continuing to spread across the least resistance causing more mayhem and death.
May seem like such a dreary outlook, but no matter how one paints it like a rose or hide the ruthlessness of it all, it still smells of reality. It is what it is.
The Covid Wars continue. The War on Covid Mitigation here may weaken if a new more deadly mutation arrives in the US, but it already has done so much irreversible damage to so much of society and will do more, so much that a more deadly virus or version was projected to when, not if.
Well that didn't work out very well and you should of gone back in. Would've been a lot worse if you shorted lithium I guess (unless you could get in on the Big Boyz short). I did the opposite of you and bought a whole lot at lows of SLI (along with increased trading of a few other lithium stocks that were positive). Lucky for me, my larger SLI money gets $100 mil investment from Koch and goes up over 22% while my lower GMGMF money gets hit down over 10%. Of course this stuff is a heavily manipulated market, and it will go where the big money wants it to go. Regardless of what or any other "disrupting" and/or better options that might be available. What we had with SLI is big money going down on a short and then purposely putting out a hit piece to make their payday (planned and orchestrated). Then coincidently we have big money going in when the pps is at it's lows (after the short covering and that money made) and I suspect that SLI will generally trend up over time for that payday (the house always wins). Conspiracy thoughts might suggest that the two were in cahoots with each other and all part of some combined plan. Regardless, it had nothing to do with lithium, battery, or any product, just control and manipulation of big money and market.
From what I'm seeing the big money going into lithium right now is not worried one bit about any "disruptive technology" and big money will be what controls the general usage, views, and trends. Just like big oil with our dependency, wants, and need for it. The power the oil industry has over governments, consumer, and other industry controls the market. There's been many instances over decades of big oil just shelving tech and patents, tech and processes that were better ways of going at it, more economical for the consumer, better environmentally, it just interfered with what they already had in place, their profits. Tire industry, another example, "disruptive tech" has been out there a generation ago to only buy one set of tires for a lifetime, but that's against big money, and that doesn't go away with the new EV's (neither does oil in the making of rubber). The current environment and public opinion is being more disruptive to them now, and they can't hold it back any more, but we still are going to have a very large dependency on big oil for decades to come (along with more money per unit covering for less units produced).
Even if a new "disruptive tech" battery arrives (and there is many working on it including China and the well established names for decades), it will take years to actually just start to "disrupt" and decades to finish disruption. This company or any company making some small little batteries, no matter how great the tech is, in a relatively small factory is not going to have any effects at the level being discussed in lithium downside or reasons to "short" the industry for many years to come. And then there is more yrs moving to higher voltages and bigger applications mass produced to be worked on. None of it happening over short periods of time. I'm not saying that Graphene Manufacturing can't be a success story and profitable for share holders (it may not too), it just won't have success in overpowering investment in lithium any time soon.
Nascent technology (in which AIBs still are) takes a very long time to work through all the trials and tribulations on the road to main usage of the masses.
The Covid Wars continue having effects. Namely the Covid Mitigation War. Sure there are other factors with some percolating for decades, but all those other factors have been extremely magnified or even caused by the Covid Mitigation War that was purposely waged for nefarious reasons and is continually waged from the very start of the Covid Virus War. This is only one resulting aspect in the massive and wide-reaching myriad of effects.
Retail workers weigh in on why they plan to quit before the busy holiday shopping season, as the Great Resignation continues to shake the industry
Bethany Biron 22 minutes ago
A sign reads "We all quit" at a Burger King in Nebraska
Rachel Flores
Following record resignation rates in September, retail employees are continuing to put in their two weeks ahead of the holidays.
Workers told Insider they're leaving due to low pay, poor working conditions, lack of scheduling flexibility, and pandemic burnout.
"Many of my friends are just tired of it, they don't want to deal with the chaos," one employee said of quitting before the holidays.
As the Great Resignation roils the
retail industry
, some employees are strategically looking to call it quits ahead of the busy holiday shopping season.
Retail workers who have recently left their jobs, or are otherwise seriously considering it, told Insider they are opting to quit for a variety of reasons, including what they describe as low pay, poor working conditions, lack of scheduling flexibility, and coronavirus pandemic-driven burnout. The departures come after a record number of more than 685,000 retail employees quit in September, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Adding to the inherent stressors for employees navigating a flood of shoppers during the hectic holiday season, many Americans are still refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19 and eschewing mask mandates, leaving frontline retail workers exposed to the contagious Delta variant.
"Many of my friends are just tired of it, this is the first holiday after COVID lockdowns and with anti-vax and anti-mask customers wanting to shop during the holidays, they don't want to deal with the chaos," a Midwestern warehouse employee told Insider.
The employee, like the others who spoke to Insider for this story, did so on the condition of anonymity citing fear of retribution from current employers or risk to future opportunities. Their identities, as well as their work statuses, have been confirmed.
The pre-holiday resignations also come amid a period of unrest that has prompted a wave of protests at companies ranging from John Deere to Kellogg's during "Striketober" and that have continued into November, including a forthcoming Black Friday strike planned among Amazon workers in more than 20 countries.
"The pandemic has exposed how Amazon places profits ahead of workers, society, and our planet," Make Amazon Pay wrote in a list of demands shared on its website. "Amazon takes too much and gives back too little. It is time to Make Amazon Pay."
'I would rather place my efforts elsewhere'
For one California-based worker, her recent departure from a gig as a mall concierge marks the second time in the past year that she's left a retail job ahead of the holidays, after she first left her role as a sales lead at Ann Taylor Loft in November 2020.
While she told Insider the mall concierge job had been an improvement — the primary reason she's leaving has to do with a lengthy commute caused by a recent move — she experienced similar struggles to her time at Ann Taylor, including low pay and scheduling difficulties. California's minimum wage is $14 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees.
"My manager's pretty politically aware of everything going and she agreed that they're not paying enough, but it's really not in her control," she told Insider. "There's really not anything she can do about it, but she understands that it's difficult to find people with the very small amount that they're paying."
Rigidity around holiday scheduling — including the common retail industry practice of enforcing "black out periods" where staffers are prohibited from taking time off during the holiday shopping season — has also prompted many already fed-up workers to resign.
Among them is a sales associate at a Vans store in Seattle, who told Insider she recently put in her two weeks notice after butting heads with management when she asked to take time off in January to visit her long-distance boyfriend, despite her request coming after the store's designated December black out period.
The employee said the incident piled on to her existing frustration and burnout, stemming from a recent period of over-scheduling. Though she was hired as a part-time employee for up to 25 hours a week, she said lately she has been asked to work upwards of 45 hours a week.
"If [management] cannot recognize how hard we are working for a store that is severely understaffed, then I would rather place my efforts elsewhere," she told Insider.
Representatives for Ann Taylor and Vans did not immediately respond to Insider's request to comment.
John Deere workers on strike in Davenport, Iowa.
John Deere workers on strike on October 15, 2021 in Davenport, Iowa. Scott Olson/Getty Images
And while companies are hoping to retain workers and attract new talent using tactics like signing bonuses or increased salaries, some workers said its simply not enough.
According to recent report fron Appcast, a programmatic job advertising software company, the only sector experiencing a boost in applications tied to offer signing bonuses is warehousing and logistics. "The issue may be that when job ads mentioned signing bonus, it was likely to be the only benefit included in the ads," Appcast wrote.
The Midwestern warehouse worker told Insider that though he plans to stay in his job through the end of December to collect higher holiday pay, his aim is to quit before the start of the new year.
"I'm going to wait till I get holiday pay, but I'm definitely quitting before New Years," he said. "Nobody likes to work during the winter time, and I won't risk myself like last year just trying to get to work on snowy days. I'm in Illinois, so when it snows some country roads are the last ones to get plowed."
Ultimately, the former mall concierge employee said that she hopes the mass departure of retail workers will make a statement that has a lasting impact for improving the working conditions of retail workers.
"I just really hope something comes of this," she said. " We've never had more opportunity to change working culture, and I really hope that we don't waste it."
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-retail-workers-plan-to-quit-before-the-holidays-2021-11
Bingo! Give that person a cigar! (or whatever suits) Also look at the guidance and pps projections and compare that. RIVN is adding 2+2 to equal 10. One would think reality has got to set in at some point and reset, but who knows with the irrationality of this market.
So far this year, NIO sold over 66,000 electric cars. Cumulatively, NIO sold 142,036 electric cars and over 83,700 fall on the most recent 12 months. The result of 24,439 in the Q3 2021 is above the higher end of the company's quarterly guidance. Price ps. $42.00.
It's green right now, why is it going red today (it may, I just can't project the close at this point) and why is it a POS? Please share.
Maybe some ASTR traders were on the wrong side of the trade with last launch and disappointed in the level of pps that occurred, but ASTR is still in play for the next launch and the one after that and after that, etc. In my opinion, this level around $10 is a good place for long and the next short trade. In my experience, scientist and engineers are not the type for stock scamming and really work hard and have extreme focus on their projects succeeding. I don't believe the ones at ASTR are any different.
What’s the point this POS going red again today
Closing price of ASTR before successful launch was $9.53 (it hasn't got back down to that low yet). Price now is $10.36 an increase of over 8% in a few trading days. Why is it a "POS turd and f'ing scam"?
Wow!!! This POS turd is now worth less than before their successful launch, what a f’ing scam
I think we might have some more downside surges to the market before the end of the year or first part of 2022. Might relax a bit in very short term, But I don't think it's done with the overall correction yet.
SLI I was just going to note that. I'm in that one. Koch group put a &100 Mil in boosting it.
That's for sure.
Well it was sure manipulation at it's finest. At that volume, it sure wasn't MOMO that was involved. One of those "ought to be a law" things and maybe is, just not enforced.
AERC got halted downside after over a $100 high. Now down about 25% from that. Some regulator should be looking into that one.
I was expecting a very slow day today, but not so much I guess.
AERC should have a halt downside anytime now. Insiders or dark money selling scam I think.
Next halt AERC $86.47 or above as soon as it gets resumed is what's showing now.
There isn't really any bids on the L2, the ones that are there are just 400 on bid and 100 on ask. Someone is manipulating this thing for some reason. Looks scammy to me.
That thing is ridiculous. Halted again $81.07. What's up with this thing?
My IONQ added $23s looking real good.
That was really well done. Quite thought provoking and relevant.
Folks, please keep conversations about LAC. I understand that there is lot of interest into the tax situation at this time of year, which is fine as long as it pertains to LAC trading. But then when it gets to political and/or countries administrations policies, and personal views of such, etc, then it becomes completely conflictive and off topic. I've been in business for myself and owned small business with employees and contractors most of my life and understand the meaning of all that entails. But that is not an issue for this board. Thanks all for understanding.
Wishing everyone peace and good will for all of the holiday season. Go LAC
Acknowledged.
You guys really amuse me. Gotta insert capitalism in there with destruction, don’t cha
Poll shows Sinema's popularity dropping further among Arizona Democrats
TheHill.com
Poll shows Sinema's popularity dropping further among Arizona Democrats
BY MAX GREENWOOD - 11/22/21 11:47 AM
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) could be in serious trouble with Democratic voters when she goes up for reelection in 2024.
A new Arizona Public Opinion Pulse conducted by Phoenix-based OH Predictive Insights found that nearly three-quarters of Arizona Democratic voters — 72 percent — want a Democrat other than Sinema as their U.S. senator. Only 26 percent say they would prefer Sinema.
That finding bears out when Sinema’s strength is tested against a handful of potential primary rivals.
In a hypothetical primary match-up, Sinema trails Rep. Ruben Gallego 24 percent to 47 percent, according to the poll. Rep. Greg Stanton leads Sinema by a similar margin, while state Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman holds a 20-point edge over Sinema.
“Sen. Sinema’s growing unpopularity with voters from within her own party could prove fatal in 2024 when she will have to ask for Democrats’ support for re-nomination,” Mike Noble, the chief of research at OH Predictive Insights, said.
The poll reflects the growing Democratic frustration with Sinema, who has drawn the ire of many in her party for holding up passage of President Biden’s sweeping social policy and climate change bill.
In recent weeks, calls to recruit a primary challenger to Sinema have grown among the Democratic Party’s grassroots and progressive wings, who are eager for the party’s razor-thin congressional majorities to quickly enact an expansive policy agenda.
In a reflection of that Democratic frustration, Sinema is more popular among Republican voters in Arizona than she is among voters in her own party, according to the poll.
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Overall, 42 percent of Arizona voters view her favorably and 45 percent view her unfavorably.
Just 42 percent of Democratic voters have a favorable view of Sinema, while 47 percent say they have an unfavorable view of her, according to the poll. Among Republicans, however, 48 percent view her favorably while 45 percent view her unfavorably, putting her slightly above water with voters of the opposing party.
The Arizona Public Opinion Pulse survey was conducted as an online opt-in panel and is based on responses from 713 registered voters in Arizona gathered from Nov. 1 to 8. It has a margin of sampling error of 3.7 percentage points.
Two Fox News contributors quit over Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 documentary
TheHill.com
Two Fox News contributors quit over Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 documentary
BY DOMINICK MASTRANGELO - 11/21/21 07:27 PM EST 3,491
A pair of Fox News contributors have quit their roles at the network, saying prime-time host Tucker Carlson's recent documentary series examining the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was a breaking point.
Stephen Hayes and Jonah Goldberg, two leading conservative writers and pundits who have regularly appeared on the network since 2009, announced they had finalized their resignations from Fox following the release of Carlson's controversial documentary.
News of the pair's departure was first reported by the New York Times on Sunday evening.
"The special — which ran on Fox’s subscription streaming service earlier this month and was promoted on Fox News — is presented in the style of an exposé, a hard-hitting piece of investigative journalism," the two journalists wrote in an entry on their political news and commentary website The Dispatch.
"In reality, it is a collection of incoherent conspiracy-mongering, riddled with factual inaccuracies, half-truths, deceptive imagery, and damning omissions. And its message is clear: The U.S. government is targeting patriotic Americans in the same manner — and with the same tools — that it used to target al Qaeda," they added.
Carlson's series, dubbed "Patriot Purge," purports to tell an alternative story of the Jan. 6 insurrection and features at least one subject who suggests the event may have been a "false flag" operation. The series has been widely criticized, including by Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) of the House select committee investigating the attack.
Goldberg and Hayes in their entry on Sunday bemoaned a trend they say they have seen where Fox’s top opinion hosts have "amplified the false claims and bizarre narratives of Donald Trump or offered up their own in his service."
"Indeed, the news side of Fox routinely does what it is supposed to do: It reports the truth," they wrote, noting it remains the case that "there are still responsible conservatives providing valuable opinion and analysis."
"But the voices of the responsible are being drowned out by the irresponsible," Hayes and Goldberg concluded.
Of Carlson specifically, Goldberg and Hayes wrote, "If a person with such a platform shares such misinformation loud enough and long enough, there are Americans who will believe — and act upon — it."
When reached for comment by The Hill, a Fox executive said the network had no intention of resigning Hayes or Goldberg when their contracts came up in 2022.
A Fox News spokesperson declined to comment to the Times on the resignations. In an email to the Times, Carlson said the departures were "great news."
Goldberg said he's not going to second-guess Fox employees who remain at the network in an interview with the Times.
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"There are lots of people there that I respect and like and consider friends, and they’re making a decision based upon how to provide for their families and deal with their careers and all of that," Goldberg said.
"And there are also lots of people over there who think the Fox opinion side today is awesome," he added.
Updated at 10:10 a.m
It's not just the Vax, it's every form of mitigation that we've had at our disposal. Millions more will die and suffer along with continued economical degradation. All in the name of political power grabbing and just plain evil.
We're also still in the middle of the Covid Wars (mainly the war on Covid Mitigation). So we'll see a continued need for solutions for ones who survive the collateral damage.
I don't think GS would go out of business even if the whole country goes, they would just be picking up the pieces off the bottom and coming out like a rose like they've done before.
Of course about $20 might be the real support.
GS just started with them at neutral with a $28 price target. So maybe about here around $23 for support. Not staking my life on it, only a few more shares. LOL
Taken long enough, lot sticky suckers stuck on that one. It will probably crash through that gap. To hard for any buying on it for effect of slowing it down south. I haven't even thought about touching that with a 1000ft pole since I sold over a $100 at the start.